"I am sad": Designer of original Twitter logo say blue bird represented internet's "adolescence"

Record ID: 1735265

  • Title: "I am sad": Designer of original Twitter logo say blue bird represented internet's "adolescence"
  • Date: 24th July 2023
  • Summary: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 24, 2023) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) MARTIN GRASSER, ARTIST AND DESIGNER, SAYING: "We found this really cool little round form sort of in the belly of the bird, and we started taking that into the computer and quickly learned that like the method of construction really had a conceptual underpinning that worked for, you kn
  • Embargoed: 7th August 2023 22:09
  • Keywords: Elon Musk Twitter Twitter logo
  • Location: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / INTERNET
  • City: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / INTERNET
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,North America,Social Media
  • Reuters ID: LVA008959624072023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:One of the three designers behind the iconic Twitter logo said he's "sad" seeing the original blue bird be replaced.
    Martin Grasser, an artist and designer based in San Francisco spoke to Reuters via Zoom, after posting a viral thread,where he shared memories about how the logo was created.
    Late Sunday (July 23), the new logo was projected on the exterior of the company's offices in San Francisco.
    Musk said in a post on Sunday he wanted to change Twitter's logo and polled his millions of followers whether they would favor changing the site's color scheme from blue to black.
    Under Musk's tenure since he bought Twitter in October, the company has changed its business name to X Corp, reflecting the billionaire's vision to create a "super app" like China's WeChat.
    (Production: Liliana Salgado)
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